R.E.M. – Monster

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Label:	Warner Bros. Records – 9 45740-2
Format:	CD, Album
Country:	US
Released:	Sep 27, 1994
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock

Tracklist

1	What's The Frequency, Kenneth?	3:59
2	Crush With Eyeliner Performer [Additional Players] – Thurston Moore	4:39
3	King Of Comedy Performer [Additional Players] – Sally Dworski*	3:39
4	I Don't Sleep, I Dream	3:25
5	Star 69	3:07
6	Strange Currencies	3:51
7	Tongue	4:08
8	Bang And Blame Performer [Additional Players] – Ané, Lou, Lynda, Rain, Sally Dworski*	4:48
9	I Took Your Name	4:07
10	Let Me In	3:27
11	Circus Envy	4:14
12	You	4:52

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Time Warner
Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – R.E.M./Athens Ltd
Copyright © – R.E.M./Athens Ltd
Published By – Night Garden Music
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
Recorded At – Criteria Recording Studios
Recorded At – Crossover Soundstage
Recorded At – Kingsway Studios, New Orleans
Mixed At – Louie's Clubhouse
Mixed At – Ocean Way Recording
Mastered At – Precision Mastering
Glass Mastered At – Specialty Records Corporation
Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation

Credits

Art Direction, Design – Chris Bilheimer, Michael Stipe, Tom Recchion
Engineer [Engineer, New Orleans] – Mark Howard
Engineer [Engineered By] – Pat McCarthy
Engineer [Second Engineer, Atlanta] – David Colvin
Engineer [Second Engineer, Los Angeles] – Jeff DeMorris
Engineer [Second Engineer, Miami] – Mark Gruber
Management [R.E.M. Home Office] – Brooke Johnson (2), Chris Bilheimer, Kevin O'Neil (3), Mark Mytrowitz, Meredith Williams, Michele Rawson, Sarah Petit
Mastered By [Mastered] – Stephen Marcussen
Mixed By [Second Engineer, Mixed: Louie's Clubhouse] – Victor Janacua
Other [R.E.M. &] – Bertis Downs*, Jefferson Holt
Performer [R.E.M.] – Bill Berry (2), Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck
Photography By [Photographs] – Brook Dillon, Chris Bilheimer, Jem Cohen, Keith Carter (2), Michael Stipe
Producer [Produced By] – R.E.M., Scott Litt
Technician [Drum Tech] – Jeffery Rivers
Technician [Technical Assistance] – Mark Myrtowitz [Microwave]*
Written-By – Berry*, Stipe*, Mills*, Buck*

Notes

Recorded: Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, California; Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida; Crossover Soundstage, Atlanta, Georgia; Kingsway Studio, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mixed: Louie's Clubhouse; Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, California
Mastered: Precision Mastering

© ℗ 1994 R.E.M./Athens, Ltd.

Initially released in United States with orange tray.
Includes 6-panel double sided foldout booklet.

This is a regular retail edition with barcode. For a club edition with same matrix pattern and no barcode, see Monster.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 9362-45740-2 6
Barcode (Scanned): 093624574026
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S4
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S2
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S14
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M8S5
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S10
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S3
Matrix / Runout (Variant 8): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S6
Matrix / Runout (Variant 9): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S12
Matrix / Runout (Variant 10): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S10
Matrix / Runout (Variant 11): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S23
Matrix / Runout (Variant 12): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S21
Matrix / Runout (Variant 13): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S12
Matrix / Runout (Variant 14): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S7
Matrix / Runout (Variant 15): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S24
Matrix / Runout (Variant 16): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S9
Matrix / Runout (Variant 17): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S15
Matrix / Runout (Variant 18): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S25
Matrix / Runout (Variant 19): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M1S9
Matrix / Runout (Variant 20): [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S26

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Monster (CD, Album, Club Edition, SRC/ARC)	Warner Bros. Records	9 45740-2	US	1994
	Monster (LP, Album, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records	9362 45740-1	Europe	1994
Recently Edited	Monster (Cassette, Album, Stereo, HX-Pro B-NR, 120 μs)	Warner Bros. Records	9362-45740-4	Europe	1994
Recently Edited	Monster (CD, Album, Limited Edition)	Warner Bros. Records	9 45763-2	US	1994
	Monster (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	9 45740-1, 1-45740	US	1994

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Reviews

briancancook Jan 13, 2025
In hindsight, a very good album. Lots of tremelo. Some buried vocals. I've never heard it on vinyl. I feel "Monster" is an underrated gem of the mid-90s.
TastyWavesCoolBuzz Nov 7, 2024
Great songs, but the heavy compression used in the mastering of this album makes it unlistenable for me in a home stereo environment. I would go for the vinyl instead as it has much better sound quality.
MotionlessFlame May 23, 2021
My copy has a slightly different runout.
Matrix / Runout: [SRC logo] 1 45740-2 SRC##01 M6S15
SailorMaxie Aug 10, 2020
My copy has a black tray, rather than the orange one.
normanharvey Feb 5, 2019
on of their best albums ever.

Their fourth and final multiplatinum album in the USA with 4 million shipped copies.
This was when they had their had their peak. Good and fun album with rock and glam rock.

This album you can from begin to end.
theaterofsalvation Nov 20, 2018
I've picked up the 25th anniversaries for Document, Green, Time and Automatic. I can't wait until this comes up next. Also, people hated this one? Everyone I knew loved it, but that was kind of before the whole internet being big so my world was kind of small as a child, so.